Femi Gbajabiamila, President Bola Tinubu’s Chief of Staff, has stated that social media has become a societal scourge and must be regulated. Gbajabiamila stated this at a book launch in Lagos state on Thursday, February 8. “Social media has become a societal menace and must be regulated. As many people do not understand that once…
A clear majority of the United States Supreme Court’s nine justices hinted Thursday, February 8, that they would reverse a Colorado decision excluding former President Donald Trump on the state’s Republican presidential primary ballot.The former president and his attorneys were challenging the Colorado Supreme Court’s December 19 judgment, which deemed Trump ineligible for the March…
Meta deletes Iran’s leader Ali Khamenei’s Facebook and Instagram accounts after he made calls to?Wipe Israel from the map? Meta has blocked Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s Facebook and Instagram accounts, citing “repeated violations” of its “dangerous organizations and individuals policy.” Khamenei previously referred to Israel and Zionism as “an obvious plague for the world…
Mikail Osundiji, 43, died while watching the semi-final football match between Nigeria and the Republic of South Africa on Wednesday, February 7, in Abeokuta, Ogun State. According to accounts, the father of two died from shock while watching the game at a public football viewing center in Abeokuta’s Olomoore neighborhood. According to eyewitnesses, the victim…
Following the withdrawal of Burkina Faso, Mali, and the Niger Republic from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the regional body’s Foreign Affairs Ministers are gathering in Abuja, Nigeria. The ministers are also scheduled to discuss the massive protests in Senegal that followed the suspension of the country’s presidential elections. Dr. Alieu Touray,…
President Bola Tinubu has returned to Nigeria following a two-week private trip to France. On Tuesday night, the president’s plane touched down at the Presidential Wing at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja. Tinubu was met by his Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila, National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, Secretary to the Government of the Federation,…
Mr Biodun Oyebanji, Ekiti State Governor, said on Tuesday that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu spoke with him on the phone every day until the abducted schoolchildren were freed. The Governor made this statement while visiting a delegation from the Yoruba Socio-Political Group, Afenifere, who paid him a condolence visit at his office in Ado-Ekiti on…
According to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, 15 drug kingpins out of 3,412 drug offenders successfully tried and convicted in 2023 received a total of 168 years in jail. The NDLEA Chairman, Retired Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa, revealed this on Wednesday in Abuja while addressing the agency’s commanders and officers during an award and recognition…
President Bola Tinubu has inducted two freshly purchased T-129 ATAK helicopters and a King Air 360ER Beechcraft into the Nigerian Air Force’s Order of Battle (ORBAT). AVM Edward Gabkwet, Director of Public Relations and Information of the NAF, stated this on Tuesday in Abuja. Tinubu, who was represented at NAF Base Makurdi by Vice President…
Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa State has called for the punishment of anybody who intentionally commit election fraud anywhere in the country. Governor Ahmadu Fintiri said “As for those who connived with the REC to make us pass through those democratically embarrassing moments, I want to assure you once again, that we owe it a…